SeekThermal CompactPro (~400$ on Amazon) is an accessory that allows you to shot thermal photos or videos. Available for Android and iOS devices
Example video (time lapse done in an external application)
Umidigi Q1: iPhone X charging
Umidigi Q1. 15 Watt Qi charger for Umidigi Z2 Pro (that is not yet released). It should also charge iPhones with 7.5W max.
Apple iPhone X charging time:
| 50% | 80% | 100% | |
| PC Port USB 2.0 | 03:00:00 | 04:40:00 | 06:10:00 |
| Umidigi Q1 | 01:28:00 | 02:28:00 | 03:34:00 |
| Apple 5W charger | 01:25:00 | 02:05:00 | 03:25:00 |
| Umidigi Q1 + extra fan | 00:55:00 | 01:48:00 | 02:40:00 |
| Apple 12W charger | 00:35:00 | 01:05:00 | 02:10:00 |
| Apple 29W charger | 00:30:00 | 00:55:00 | 01:55:00 |
Charge in case without extra cooling
Charge with no case and with additional external cooling
XINTEST HT-501 CO2 Meter
Portable CO2 meter and data logger with battery and good CO2 sensor inside.
The only really wrong thing about this device is it always show temperature higher than it is for about 2°C (for example 28.0°C instead of 26.0°C) and it is not something related to wrong sensor placement.
Pros
- Portable
- 20h work from a battery
- LCD Color zoning
- Datalogger
- Setup time and alarms from PC
- Sensair S8 CO2 sensor
Cons
- Incorrect temperature measurements
- No time and date on the screen
- 30 sec warmup time
uHoo
uHoo – most advanced air quality monitor, at least if consider a number of sensors. Including advanced sensor like CO, CO2, PM2.5, VOC, O3, NO2. And also traditional like temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Measurements look accurate enough.
The device does not have any local indicators. Not a single color LED to show air quality status. The only way it communicates with the world is Wi-Fi and mobile application. The application (v 3.8) or backend infrastructure that makes it work is unfortunately unstable. Also, an interface is poorly adapted to iPhone X.
uHoo is not portable due to many reasons like no local indication, no battery, need Wi-Fi (and new connection setup will take time).
Samsung S8 AFC charging time
Long time no Samsung. 🙂 Mostly because of the previous experience (read in Russian). But anyway did a test of Adaptive Fast Charging (AFC) from Samsung. Using Samsung S8 with AFC charger from the box.
What can I say?
I see some cheating with charging percentage displayed by the phone to get “Full Charge in 90 minutes” in reviews.
But the real numbers are more like 120 minutes.
Just to compare with a device that shows true percentage see image below
| 50% | 80% | Show 100% | Real 100% | |
| Apple iPhone 8 5v 12W charger | 00:28:00 | 00:51:00 | 01:41:00 | 01:41:00 |
| Samsung Galaxy S8 AFC | 00:44:00 | 01:08:00 | 01:28:00 | 01:56:00 |
Green Day CO2 Monitor
One of the oldest devices I got for CO2 monitoring is AZ-7788 GreenDay. It is 4 years old now. The device is still good and accurate.
Used as portable mostly because it has an LCD and not require setup.
NextBase 612GW
First 4K/GPS/WiFi Dashcam on market.
Metal body looks good. Device is releatively heavy. Weights distribution and center of mass are not perfect and it sometimes affects image quality (right side vibration). Compatibility with 412GW GPS connector (make upgrade easy and fast). A touchscreen is much better than sensor buttons on 412GW. A physical power button is also good. What is absolutely wrong about this dashcam is Wi-Fi speed. View of any HD video impossible. Copy 1 minute of 4K video (340MB) is taking so much time (more than 10 minutes) that my 3 attempts to do that failed for different reasons. Wi-Fi is only usable for preview of Low-Resolution files (if enabled)
Pros
- 4K or 1440/60p
- daylight video quality
- touchscreen/usability
- GPS
- removable CPL filter
- timelapse and parking mode
- speedometer screensaver
Cons
- expensive
- slow charging (2h, 5v 0.15A)
- Wi-Fi is slow beyond acceptable level
- Video quality at Night (due to CPL?)
- not removable “NextBase” logo
Technical details:
- Accumulator 3.7v 280 mAh 1.04Wh
- SoC (CPU): Ambarella A12S75
- RAM: 512 MB DDR3L 1866
- ROM: 256 MB NAND Flash
- Sensor: SONY EXMOR R CMOS
UM24C
Yet another USB Tester with PC/MAC connectivity. This time using Bluetooth.
Device
PC Software
Application is old-shool and simple. It cannot resize to use full screen, cannot autodetect port to use, cannot show large graphs.
Kyivstar top up using Portmone
with fee: https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/en/kyivstar/
с комиссией: https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/kyivstar/
without extra fee: https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/en/new-kyivstar/
без комиссии: https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/new-kyivstar/
see also: https://pay.kyivstar.ua/
AVHzY CT-2
Yet another USB Meter. AVHzY CT-2 (ChargerLAB POWER-Z KT001, Kotomi Premium). It can both store curves offline or be used together with PC application.
PC Application
not as good as ChargerLAB Power-Z KM001 has. Poor visualization and export options. But at least it has English language interface. Support site available at http://www.avhzy.com/ 